Re: [PATCH net-next RFC 01/13] devlink: Add reload level option to devlink reload command

From: Jacob Keller
Date: Tue Jul 28 2020 - 12:47:03 EST




On 7/28/2020 6:58 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 02:58:02AM CEST, kuba@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 14:02:21 +0300 Moshe Shemesh wrote:
>>> Add devlink reload level to allow the user to request a specific reload
>>> level. The level parameter is optional, if not specified then driver's
>>> default reload level is used (backward compatible).
>>
>> Please don't leave space for driver-specific behavior. The OS is
>> supposed to abstract device differences away.
>
> But this is needed to maintain the existing behaviour which is different
> for different drivers.
>

Which drivers behave differently here?